I like Mike's A versus B post. It is so true. The problem nowadays is that clever engineers and digital technology has made the A artists somewhat redundant. MIDI and VST has reduced the need for REAL musicinas to play and write great songs. It is much more convenient to get a great looking B lister singing a Karaoke cover or a simple one line melody to a drum and bass MIDI.

The American idol philosophy that anybody can be a star and you do not even have to be much good has swamped the market to saturation almost excluding the A listers. Why take a chance on investing in a new talented innovator when we can churn out another clone doing the same old...... then get another then another..... then another .......instant disposable stars and music.

My big worry is that in twenty or thirty years from now we will not have many long lasting A list stars of any quality just a string of manufactured one hit wonders.

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